Cooper 353

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Stan Huntingford

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|location = Canada

|year = 1979

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|builder = Cooper Enterprises

|role = Cruiser

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|draft = {{convert|5.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|13000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = monohull

|construction = fibreglass

|loa = {{convert|35.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|28.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = inboard motor

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|4700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|45.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|15.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|40.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|11.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = masthead sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|220.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|341.25|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|561.25|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|successor = US Yachts US 35 & Cooper 367

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The Cooper 353 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1979.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cooper-353|title= Cooper 353|access-date = 12 May 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509150241/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cooper-353|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/cooper/353|title= Cooper 353|access-date= 12 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509131022/https://sailboat.guide/cooper/353|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan|title= Stan Huntingford|access-date = 12 May 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509124953/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford|title= Stan Huntingford|access-date= 12 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509125035/https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}

The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 35 after Bayliner purchased the moulds for the boat.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/us-35|title= US 35 sailboat |access-date= 12 May 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509124943/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/us-35|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/bayliner/us-35|title= US 35|access-date= 12 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509125026/https://sailboat.guide/bayliner/us-35|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can|title = Cooper Enterprises Inc. (CAN) 1970 - 1990|access-date = 12 May 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220511162445/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can|archive-date= 11 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/cooper|title= Cooper Enterprises Inc.|access-date= 11 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220511162504/https://sailboat.guide/cooper|archive-date= 11 May 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

The Cooper 353 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|13000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|4700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with an inboard engine with a saildrive for docking and manoeuvring.

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee around a drop-down dinette table and a straight settee in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

See also

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